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Aggressive £970 British Airways Club World fares to New York from Dublin

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I have dropped this in as one of the rare middle-of-the-day articles because this seems to be a very good deal.

I am running a full article tomorrow on the new British Airways Club World and First Class sale, which you may have had an email about from BA.  The deals are not exciting.

There are some excellent deals from Europe however.

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In particular, I want to point out Dublin to New York in Club World / Business.

This is currently pricing up on ba.com at €1,187 (£967) if you take the direct American Airlines flight from Dublin to New York JFK.

You will earn Avios and British Airways tier points on this flight.  You will also clear US customs and immigration in Dublin, so no queuing when you land.

Alternatively, it prices at €1,249 (£1,018)  if you fly from Dublin to Heathrow on BA or Aer Lingus and then onwards to New York.  This would maximise your tier points if you were chasing BA status.

This fare is valid for travel in July and August plus the last week of November and December 23 to January 2.

Flyertalk also reports good deals to Orlando and decent deals starting in Amsterdam – it is worth having a play around with ba.com to see what you can find if you are planning a US trip.  Some destinations have more flexible travel dates than New York.

Remember that you MUST – if you fly via London – take the first flight from Dublin or your entire ticket will be cancelled.  If you don’t have checked baggage, you would be OK (as a one-off) to skip the last leg back to Dublin.

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Comments (34)

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  • Stephen says:
    15 May15 May 14:03

    Will the ITA trick you showed us recently pick up on these sale fares? I’m still seeing a minimum of £1500 in CW to SFO. Seems to be a strange destination, as there hasn’t been a single seat of Avios availability for the last 3 months for the months that I want.

    • nux says:
      15 May15 May 14:11

      Yes, they are published fares.

      ex-DUB, JFK is ~£1k, SFO can be found for about £1350.

      • Stephen says:
        15 May15 May 14:14

        I want to go in June, July or August. The lowest I’m seeing is £1512. A few weeks ago they were closer to £1350 like you say. I suppose they will only go up?

        • Rob says:
          15 May15 May 14:19

          I pulled up Dublin to New York in Dublin for £967 in July just 20 minutes ago so it is there!

        • nux says:
          15 May15 May 14:43

          My mistake, £1350 is for DUB-SFO // JFK-DUB open jaw.
          DUB-SFO return is £1500 return.

  • Fred says:
    15 May15 May 14:13

    Is the aircraft B738 (= AA domestic First)? I flew to JFK from CDG on AA’s C, but it was B738 and not very impressive. In particular, inflight service was rubbish!

    • nux says:
      15 May15 May 14:37

      You definately didn’t fly a 738 TATL.
      AA usually uses a 757 or 767-300 for CDG-JFK.

      The 738 has a domestic F config but is not used TATL. The 757/767 have international J config.

      • Fred says:
        16 May16 May 07:34

        Yes, sorry you are right. It was B763, I took A44 and was mixed up with the connection.

        So, DUB-JFK also uses B763?

  • tony says:
    15 May15 May 16:23

    AA.com allows you to do a multistop using the LCY-JFK service, £1271 (starting in Dublin).

    • Brendan says:
      15 May15 May 17:19

      Or if you want to maximise tier points and avios at the lower price I think you can route through Madrid on Iberia for around £1k also.

  • Brendan says:
    15 May15 May 18:46

    ps you need to change your AA address to the US to get this bonus

  • Alan says:
    15 May15 May 18:47

    Although be careful to change your AAdvantage address to a US one – yet again AA and BA have teamed up to offer an incredibly generous Avios bonus that excludes UK customers!

  • vindaloo says:
    16 May16 May 05:20

    Some of the cheapest fares require a 7 night minimum stay, which may be why some people are struggling to get them to price up.

  • Deenesh says:
    16 May16 May 08:21

    I did DUB via JFK to MCO last month with AA and I will NEVER fly them again. The aircraft are old and tatty 757’s, the seats are horrific and the cabin crew indifferent at best (OK, I was in Economy but other issues with AA on the trip have put me off them for life). Having walked through the “premium” sections I wouldn’t pay extra for these seats either. If you are going to do this go via LHR with BA. For the extra £100 or so you will get far nicer aircraft, better service and a better business class product.

    • Brendan says:
      16 May16 May 09:12

      True, but you are also adding at least 5 hours on to your journey by having a t1->t5 connection (until October) and then having to clear immigration in JFK. Pretty fair trade-off.

  • Deenesh says:
    16 May16 May 12:18

    After my experience of American Airlines I’d gladly give up 5 hours to avoid them again.

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